Rmprovement in bale-ties



N UNITED *STATES PATENT JOHNy NOBLIT, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

rMPRovEMENT IN BALE-TlEs.

Specificationforming part of Letters Patent No.- l 73,328, dated FebruaryvS, 1876 ;A application tiled December 11, 1875.

To all whom it may concern 'e Be it known that I, JOHN NOBLIT, of Philadelphia, county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Bale-Ties, of which lthe following is a speciiication:

My invention relates to constructing the bale-tie in two similar parts, the adjoining edges of which are so beveled that when the two parts have been riveted together at one end of the tie, and the two bent ends of the hoop or band have been inserted at the open end, the expansive force of the cotton, hay, or other commodity to be baled will draw the two opened ends together and hold them so, and the tie will become practically a closed ring, which wilLbreak before it will open.

This device will be more fully described with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a plan view of the same closed; Fig. 2, a like view .of the device open for the insertion of the bent ends of the hoop or band; Fig. 4, a like -view ot' the same in proper position ,and Fig. 3, an end ed ge View closed andthe bent ends ot' the hoop inserted o t' the tie, showing the form of ,the beveled edges and the position of the rivet.

A A are the twosimilar parts ot' the tie, and `B is the opening for the band, hoop, or strap, and that opening is recessed at the ends 1" r to facilitate the insertion of the straps. But for this recessing it would have the form ot' a parallelogram. y

The angles e e e e serve to keep the bands from slipping laterally when once in position.

In Fig. 2 the device is shown upon its hinge-rivet c, so that the ends ot' the band may be inserted between the points c and d .of the opening end 5- and in Fig. 4 it is shown closed and Vit is obvicus from the construction ot' the device. as shown by these figures, that. when closed upon the ends D and E of the band, it cannot be opened again without being shortened, or without drawingrthe two bent ends D and E nearer ato Aeach other than they were before, and the expansive force of the cotton or hay would prevent that from.

being done, and, moreover, friction would, to

na considerable extent, resist the ppening of the tie.

The device may be'made ot' any suitable metal, and cast in molds, and made very cheap.

The two parts A and A being equal to each other in all their dimensions, and the joining ends correspondingly beveled, it results that, when they are riveted and the bent ends of the hoop are inserted and inclose the baled mass, the device is practically a closed buckle,

the four sides of which are equal in size and strength; and no metal has been wasted in its construction, and no unnecessary bulk of material swells the bents of the hoop to render it cumbrous; and, moreover, the closing of the buckle by the lap ot' the beveled ends c cl serves afuseful purpose' in this, that,

`I am'aware that it is not new to construct' a-bale-tie as shown in the vpatent of W. D. Field, No. 140,024, dated June 17, 1873, andr in the patent of Wm. It. Lenard, No. 154,799, dated September` 8, 1874; hence I do not claim either of said inventions 5 but What I do claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is l. A bale-tie composed ot' two like and equal parts, A and A, having their corresponding joining edges beveled, so that, when united at one end by the loose rivet c, it may be closed at the other, and held together by a certain amount ot' force, resulting from the pressure ot' the bevelededges against each other, substantially as and for the purpose described. 1

2. A bale-tie composed of two like and equal parts, A and A, having their corresponding joining edges beveled, so that, when united by the loose/rivet c at one end, Iit may be closed at the other, and become practically a closed buckle, of four sides of equal strength and thickness, without waste ot material in its construction, substantially as shown and and described.

JOHN NOBLIT.l

Witnesses:

JOHN REIF, A. M. SToUT.

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